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Veteran Republicans said the generally positive response to the all-encompassing spending bill reflected the desire of the rank and file to avoid a repeat of the politically damaging budget standoffs with the White House that led to last year"s 16-day partial government shutdown. The government closure sent congressional approval numbers plummeting and roughed up Republicans in particular. They"ve regained support amid the troubled rollout of President Barack Obama"s health care law.
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As we all know, time flies and I'm sure for some, Mother's Day has crept up on us this year. Since we are down to the wire (Mom's Day is THIS SUNDAY), here is my wishlist of readily available gift ideas that would make any Lazy Homesteader, this one in particular, pretty happy!
- Pressure canner such as the Presto 23 quart Deluxe Pressure Canner that is available at the local hardware store. Yep, Ace at University Hills has one in stock for $119, Rick. So does the Ace at Cherry Hills Marketplace. Plus, I have a $5 off coupon in the Chinook book. 😉 Then I could can up all that broth instead of freezing it; it'd be ready to use in a snap.
- Gift card to the local garden center. Plus watching the kids while I go shop there. I can use it to buy the frivolous plants you never want me to get when we're planting out the veggie beds. And if you do the laundry or the dishes while I'm gone, you might get some sort of husband of the year award.
- A gardening/homesteading/foodie/self-sufficiency book. I have a few titles on my list… A Householder's Guide to the Universe by Harriet Fasenfest, Kristen Kimball's The Dirty Life, anything Sharon Astyk has written (her latest, Making Home, is available for pre-order), Coyne and Knutzen's Making It, one or all of Jennifer McLagan's books: Bones, Fat, or Odd Bits, Rosalind Creasy's Edible Landscaping, the new Free-Range Chicken Gardens by Bloom and Baldwin, or The Non-Toxic Avenger by Deanna Duke.
- Rubber boots. Okay, so I just bought a pair for myself, but I figured that I'm not the only gardener/homestead type who wants a pair of these. I love them. They will run in the $20-35 dollar range. I was lucky and got these on sale for $18. Note to my hubby: This does not get you off the hook for Sunday. 🙂
- New pruners. Good, sharp ones that will last. Something in the $30 plus dollar range that can cut through 1″ thick branches. At this point, I feel like I've outgrown the $9.99-special pruners. They just don't hold up to the rigors we put them through. Think of them as an investment. FELCO is notoriously good, and you can even buy replacement parts. Hey, show me the order confirmation number and all will be forgiven if they arrive late. 😉
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Talk:Flashing the GSM Firmware
From Openmoko
please refer to this very wikipage regarding -oo and flowcontrol Stephan_schmidt had exactly same issue and we fixed it yesterday, using these modifications
WARNING : Flash failed ! From Sleg on 2008/11/25 :
I had a problem during flashing my firmware ... I started again the module by typing 's3c24xx-gpio b7=1' as said in the wiki, and it started to flash the firmware. While it was flashing (I could see the progress ...) I failed by a 'Flash operation timeout'
The GSM module seems to not respond anymore :'(
If I retry, I get :
root@om-gta02:/usr/sbin# FLUID_PORT=/dev/ttySAC0 FLUID_FLOWCONTROL=h fluid.exe \ > -oO -b 115200 \ > -f $HOME/gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_cph_ds_vc_cal35_ri_36_amd8_ts0-moko10.m0 FLUID Revision 2.27, (23 Aug 2004). Copyright Texas Instruments, 2001-2004. Reading image file: '/home/root/gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_cph_ds_vc_cal35_ri_36_amd8_ts0-moko10.m0' (2138kB) ok Bootloader:
But nothing append even if I start the module by typing in another terminal 's3c24xx-gpio b7=1'
Can somebody please help me ?? sleg AT tsleg -DOT- com
Thanks to Stefan Schmidt on the kernel mailing list My GSM went back !
here is what I did : (Without FLOWCONTROL and with -oo to choose the ROM bootloader)
root@om-gta02:~# opkg install http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/calypso_moko_FW/fluid_0.0+svn20070817-r2_armv4t_eabi.ipk Downloading http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/calypso_moko_FW/fluid_0.0+svn20070817-r2_armv4t_eabi.ipk Installing fluid (0.0+svn20070817-r2) to root... Configuring fluid root@om-gta02:~# opkg install http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/calypso_moko_FW/s3c24xx-gpio_1.0+svnr4130-r2.1_armv4t.ipk Downloading http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/calypso_moko_FW/s3c24xx-gpio_1.0+svnr4130-r2.1_armv4t.ipk Multiple packages (s3c24xx-gpio and s3c24xx-gpio) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest. Installing s3c24xx-gpio (1.0+svnr4130-r2.1) to root... Configuring s3c24xx-gpio root@om-gta02:~# wget http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/calypso_moko_FW/gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_cph_ds_vc_cal35_ri_36_amd8_ts0-moko10.m0 Connecting to 10.194.51.41:3128 (10.194.51.41:3128) gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_c 100% |**************************************************************************************************| 5419k 00:00:00 ETA root@om-gta02:~# echo 0 >/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on root@om-gta02:~# echo 1 >/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on root@om-gta02:~# cd /usr/sbin root@om-gta02:/usr/sbin# FLUID_PORT=/dev/ttySAC0 fluid.exe -oo -b 115200 -f $HOME/gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_cph_ds_vc_cal35_ri_36_amd8_ts0-moko10.m0 FLUID Revision 2.27, (23 Aug 2004). Copyright Texas Instruments, 2001-2004. Reading image file: '/home/root/gsm_ac_gp_fd_pu_em_cph_ds_vc_cal35_ri_36_amd8_ts0-moko10.m0' (2138kB) ok Bootloader: (reset target) (ROM, version ?) ok Checksumming (269 * 8kB = 2152kB): ok Flash Detect: (0xEC, 0x22A0) Samsung K5A3240CT ok Program: (31 sectors, 243*8k=1944k) (******************) ok root@om-gta02:/usr/sbin#
And to wake up the GSM in another ssh window :
root@om-gta02:~# echo 0 >/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on root@om-gta02:~# echo 1 >/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on
i recive instead of
"Program: (34 sectors, 267*8k=2136k) (*******************) ok"
"Program: (0 sectors, 0*8k=0k) () ok"
iam currently reflashing the old firmware, that seems to work.
iam using an non-us gsm-freerunner (recived yesterday so most likely the latest hardwar)
[2008-11-19 04:46:39] <Wonka> DocScrutinizer: flashing to moko10-beta2 went though cleanly, i already had working ppp connects with the previously non-working SIM.
[2008-11-19 04:48:24] <Wonka> DocScrutinizer: but there are still problems... more often than not, the GSM chip does not answer. pppd opens the device, gets "AT command interpreter ready", utters "AT\n" and gets nothing. power off, power on, reset on, reset off, try gain... sometimes it works, but mostly not.
O2 UK prepay 3G SIM works with moko10-beta2, was previously not detected. T-mobile UK prepay SIM and old Orange UK contract SIM work with both old and new. Testing so far is cursory at best, but looks good. [quote: Alastair Johnson on devel-ML]
[2008-11-21] I flashed 6 out of our 8 Freerunner V.6 according to the GSM/Flashing- guide. I had no problems and the previously useless 3G- SIMs are working fine now. It seems like the 3G- SIM Issue, our beloved #666, is solved. You should point it out clearly. I heard a lot of users complain about this. The solution is simple and well hidden on the website. By the way, i have new 3G- SIM cards of the following german providers running without problems (O2, T- Mobile, E-Plus, Vodafone). Before the flashing procedure the Vodafone cards were not detected. Good work guys... thanks! Reiner
Works now with new gsm firmware moko10beta2 with O2 in Germany
Very great, I can make calls now after waiting for 5 month, big surprise :). Thanks a lot! --Kevin 15:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm very happy to be able to report that the update went smoothly for me (without yielding any surplus "building materials") and that a new O2 SIM from http://freesim.o2.co.uk/ which never worked in my Freerunner before now seems to be working fine. Great work!
Thomas White Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy Electron Microscopy Group (PhD Student) University of Cambridge / Downing College
The flash worked without a hitch for me and now I am able to use a Vodafone prepaid SIM in my 850MHz unit while back in Europe. I am running Om2008.9 with the 20081023 FDOM modifications applied.
Great job!
Replying under subject Success :) I've combined what Michael said (few echo 1 >> .... and echo 0 >> .... in the other terminal) and Joerg's suggestion (-oo instead of -oO) and it worked perfectly. The upgrade to moko10 was done.
So I can confirm the freerunner now works with Simobil's (Slovenian GSM operator) SIM.
Great job and thanks to all that took the time to do it.
State SD-image?
Any update on a SD-image for GSM flashing?
[joerg 2008-12-10 02:43:32]
We're busy on this. Follow wiki instructions, or come up with an automatism by yourself. Expect any update on january.
bug #1024
[Tebra 2009-01-13 07:45]
Hi. Are you working on moko11 to fix #1024 bug? Because of that bug I can't use android distribution.
Got a new Vodafone Prepaid SIM-Card. Didn't work with QTExtended nor with Android until I've used the procedure to upgrade the GSM-Firmware. Looks like it's not just "swiss sim cards". Regards, --Rtreffer 17:14, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Broken GTA01bv4 GSM Modem Fix
I recently had to do a special process to recover my GTA01bv4 after breaking the gsm modem with a failed flash. The process is actually fairly simple.
- Unplug USB and remove the battery for about 10s to ensure that the GSM chipset is powered off, then replace the battery and re-connect the USB
- boot up from a distro that is neutered so that it does not access or turn on the gsm modem at all
- issue this stty command twice:
stty 0:4:18b2:8a00:0:0:7f:15:4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:12:f:17:16:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 -F /dev/ttySAC0
- issue this fluid command:
FLUID_PORT=/dev/ttySAC0 fluid.exe -oo -od13,13 -vvv -b115200 -f $HOME/filename.m0
- in another ssh session, issue this command:
echo 1 > /sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on
After this, the flashing proceeded as expected, and all seems alright. I'll have to push a new distro to it to be certain, but all looks good so far. Quinn Storm 22:39, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Added note about battery removal. Mmontour 01:51, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Flash using uSD card image worked!
I'm now able to use my "MobilePlus" (Mobistar network) SIM which failed to register previously. Thanks for this excellent tool!
--M8ram 15:16, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
What is FLUID?
Please create a link to an explanation of what FLUID is when FLUID is first mentioned at the top of the page.
The name of the page
The name of this page is GSM/Flashing, which may be confused with Flashing_the_Neo_FreeRunner ? You could call it Firmware/Flashing (which breaks a lot of links .. and you need a stub.. )
Remove uSD - optional ?
At the bottom of par.3, it reads >>You may can now remove bat and uSD .. ("may"/"can") - "if you want to". I don't see a reason why you should ?
I did notice I couldn't get into the NoR menu without twiddling around with battery and sim; but not sure what was going on there.


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Yes Nelson, and the Mets have reminded us who they are as well. Last off-season, Lastings Milledge was run out of town by his Mets teammates for such unprofessional behavior as high-fiving after making a big play. I think I'll take a team full of young, enthusiastic players who never quit when they're down over a bunch of overpaid underachievers who choke in the stretch and point fingers afterwards.
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From one of MY favorite blogs, Margaret & Helen when did hating women become a Republican Platform?
Margaret, I think my head is about to explode. Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Indiana, said that "even when life begins with that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen." Just when you think the bar for stupid has been set at a new low, some Neanderthal running for office lowers it again. As if God condones rape as an acceptable means of procreation. Mr. Mourdock's mother must be so proud.
How many more examples do you think American women need before they realize that the current Republican Party would prefer that the Nineteenth Amendment had never been enacted? Let me count the ways…
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Tom Smith, the Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania believes there is never a reason to justify an abortion. When asked how he would argue to keep the baby if a daughter or granddaughter were to become pregnant as a result of rape, Smith said that his daughter went through "something similar" to rape: "Having a baby out of wedlock."
And then there is Rep. Roger Rivard of Wisconsin who declared that sexual assault is a crime that is often misunderstood. He said that his father had warned him that "some girls rape easy." He explained that meant they'd verbally consent to sex, then later accuse the man of rape. Not that it matters, but I have no idea if he believes easy rape causes a pregnancy. I bet, however, that he has equally appalling views about a woman's right to decide what she will do after the easy rape.
It might be interesting for some of you to know that while the economy was burning, 200 Republicans in Congress, including Paul Ryan, spent considerable time on a bill that would have changed the exception language about rape to be redefined as an exception for only "forcible rape".
I am sitting her stunned at what I have just typed. As a woman I can think of no other circumstance more hateful, more humiliating, more destructive to a woman than the act of rape… forcible rape, legitimate rape, statutory rape, easy rape or just regular old rape. How have these men risen to the level of public support to represent us in our nation's capital? And Paul Ryan is being considered for Vice President? Good God in heaven please deliver me from this madness.
The other night, I was watching the news and that horrible Bay Buchanan came on. She was dismissive of a poll that suggested the issue of abortion was more important than the economy to women. It was just impossible to Bay – a woman herself as far as I can tell – that women could possibly think that comments like those above could be more important than what those same politicians have to say about creating jobs and improving the economy. I've always thought Bay had a little bitch in her, something I admire in myself. But I never figured her for stupid. You don't have to be a genius to realize that a woman's ability to control her economic future is absolutely influenced by her ability to control her pregnancies.
Besides being stupid, Bay shares something else in common with those jackasses listed above. They are all members of the Republican Party with a platform that calls for making abortion illegal without exception.
But seriously. If these men – I'll go ahead and include Bay in that statement just for the sake of arugment – if these men are stupid enough to have an opinion during the election about what should or shouldn't happen with a woman's body after a rape, then they are too stupid to hold an elected office. And if these men have to explain their statements the next day by saying "what I really meant to say was that rape is never a good thing"… well honestly… do I really need to tell you not to vote for that moron? And if you are a women voting Republican in this election, bless your heart, you clearly have bigger problems than the economy and you really might want to consider investing in some self respect.
Before I sign off, let me add one more quote to the ever-growing list of Republican Rape Philosophers:
Mitt Romney says this of Richard Mourdock, "We disagree on policy regarding exception for rape and incest but I still support him." Romney went even further and added, "With so much at stake, I hope you will join me in supporting Richard Mourdock for US Senate."
Women, I hope you will join me in supporting women everywhere. Vote for the guy who was smart enough to say simply, "Rape is rape. It's a crime." I mean it. Really.
via When Did Hating Women Become a Republican Platform?.
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Online Extra: Transgenders break into Brazil's modeling sector
RIO DE JANEIRO — Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing short of terrifying.
The 6-foot-tall Tavares is among Brazil's small but growing ranks of transgender models — leggy, high-cheekboned sirens who were born men and are causing a splash here as well as in Paris and other international fashion capitals.
Though they emerged onto the scene here just around two years ago, Brazil's so-called trans-models have already added a pinch of exoticism to the country's showcase modeling sector — long dominated by blonde women such as Brazilian uber-model Gisele Bundchen. The trans-models' newfound prominence also points to a seismic shift in Brazilian society, which has seen macho, homophobic attitudes soften in recent years as gays win more legal rights.
"We are in the 21st century and there is just more tolerance in the air. Here in Brazil we now have gay mayors, gay lawmakers," said Sergio Mattos, director of the Rio-based modeling agency 40 Graus Models. "So why not trans-models? The world has evolved and now discrimination is, thankfully, becoming a thing of the past."
In the fashion world, gender ambivalence has been a la mode since the 1970s with the emergence of glam rock and its poster child, David Bowie. But today's trans-model trend exploded with Lea T., a 5-foot-11-inch stunner who catapulted to international stardom in 2010 as the muse of coveted Paris couture label Givenchy. Born a boy to Brazilian soccer-star Leandro Cerezo, the wild-maned brunette model appeared last year on the cover of edgy British fashion magazine Love, where she's shown locked in a smoldering kiss with supermodel Kate Moss.
Mattos, the eagle-eyed former head of Elite models in Brazil who's best known for discovering a gangly Bundchen at age 14, and other top models including Ana Beatriz Barros and Isabeli Fontana, said he jumped on the trans-train almost by accident.
Mattos was giving a two-day basics-of-modeling class to Tavares, unaware of her gender history. Impressed by her raven locks and enormous doe eyes, Mattos offered her a spot among the 200 models he represents.
"It wasn't till I saw her ID with her birth name that I realized she wasn't born a woman," said Mattos. "I thought, 'What the hell, let's give her a shot.'"
In some ways, the trans-models have a proverbial leg up on their female colleagues, Mattos said. Unlike even the thinnest of women, who often fight cellulite and stretch marks, the trans-models have long, sinewy limbs unscarred by such typically female afflictions. Once they've lasered away facial or body hair, they can sometimes look more feminine even than models who were born female.
With her sharp features and lanky silhouette, 26-year-old Tavares said she'd always harbored vague dreams of becoming a model. But growing up a boy in the interior of Minas Gerais state, far from Brazil's glitzy coastal metropolises of Rio and Sao Paulo, it always felt like something of a pipe dream, said the model.
"As a kid, I remember being so uncomfortable in the boys' clothes my parents dressed me in. I never played football and I just wanted to hang around with the girls, playing dolls or dress-up," said Tavares, who goes by the feminized version of her birth name, Felipe. But it wasn't until her late teens that, thanks to some Internet research, she learned about transsexuality and sought out the hormone treatments that have allowed her to transition into womanhood.
The hormones filled out her hips and gave her small breasts, while laser treatments erased any trace of the light beard she once had. Cascading locks of artfully layered hair mask her sharp Adam's apple.
"Strangers started approaching me in the street, and every time it happened, I was so scared they were going to chew me out for being a transsexual," she said. "But actually, they all wanted to tell me I should become a model."
Tavares is still saving money for the $15,000 sex reassignment surgery that will give her female genitalia. Still, that hasn't stopped her from donning itsy-bitsy bikinis in ad campaigns for Brazilian swimwear labels. Walking the catwalk in a swimsuit, however, is still a prospect that frightens her.
"The bikinis here are so tiny, the idea of wearing one in a show, with the lights and the cameras and everyone looking at you, it's super scary," she said.
Carol Marra, a 25-year-old transgender who is also with Mattos' modeling agency, became a cause celebre at Rio fashion week last May when she sported swimwear on the runway. The 5-foot-11 brunette model, who has had breast implants and the tip of her nose fixed, said she plans to undergo sex-reassignment surgery next month.
A journalist by training, Marra worked for a local TV station before her trademark androgynous style launched her career as a fashion stylist.
"The photographers I worked with were always saying, 'You should model, let me take pictures of you.' But I was really shy and I didn't want to be in front of the camera," said Marra, who also hails from Minas Gerais state. Eventually, she agreed to pose for a friend, she said, and those photos led to other photos and to a modeling career that took off about a year and a half ago.
Since then, she's enjoyed remarkable success, doing a whirlwind of commercial work, as well as her much-hyped appearances at Fashion Rio and Sao Paulo fashion week and a nearly nude cover of men's magazine Trip.
Still, being a transgender remains a double-edged sword in Brazil, said Marra. She's been rejected for jobs because clients were worried that she would send the "wrong message" to customers. Scenes she shot for a pharmacy commercial ended up on the editing room floor when the client panicked at the last minute.
The head of a gay, lesbian and transgender advocacy group, Toni Reis, cautioned that success on the runway doesn't mean transgenders and transsexuals are out of the woods yet.
Despite its international reputation as a haven for transgendered people, 114 trans people have been killed in Brazil this year to date. Brazil and Thailand are reputed to have among the world's largest trans populations.
"These were people killed in terrible ways, stabbed 40 times, their heads split open with a machete," said Reis. "They were not victims of the sort of everyday violence we see here in Brazil, like armed robberies and such, but rather the victims of homophobia.
"Within the gay community," he said, "transsexuals continue to be the most vulnerable group, by far."
Nonetheless, the gay rights movement has made major headway in Brazil, the world's largest Catholic country. A 2011 decision by the nation's high court to recognize same-sex civil unions was hailed as a watershed, although it stopped short of legalizing gay marriage.
In a major coup for transgendered people, nearly all Brazil's 26 states have so-called "common name" laws on the books, requiring school teachers to call trans students by the names they go by, as opposed to their birth names, activists said.
Transgenders are even entering the mainstream media and culture.
Last year, the top-rated reality show Big Brother Brazil featured its first transgender contestant and a transgender also competed late last month in the second annual Miss Bumbum competition, a beauty contest that focuses exclusively on Brazil's most obsessed-over part of the female anatomy.
There's even talk that TV Globo, Brazil's No. 1 broadcaster, might soon include a transgender character in one of its prime-time soap operas.
Trans-model Marra said she's been thinking about taking acting classes, just in case the opportunity should arise.
"You know fashion is fickle, what's in one day is out the next," said Marra. "I hope trans models are not just a trend, to be dropped like a hot potato next season."


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Redskins fall to Wolf Pack
The Laingsburg boys basketball team opened the game on a 19-0 run Wednesday night against Saranac as they handed the Redskins a 73-38 loss.
Saranac coach Carmen Brown said her team struggled with the Wolf Pack's defensive pressure in the opening quarter, but was pleased with how her players reduced their turnovers over the final three periods.
"We had 19 turnovers in the first quarter and our goal was to continue to minimize those. We had five, six and five over the next three quarters," she said. "In the first we kind of let them freak us out and control tempo, but we also committed some unforced turnovers.
After Laingsburg took a 19-0 lead, the Redskins finally got on the board with 15 seconds left when senior Khiler Sage hit a three-point basket.
In the second, the Wolf Pack increased their lead, outscoring Saranac 20-11 in both the second and third quarters to build a 59-25 lead heading into the final stanza.
Despite her team's struggles, Brown said that with the level of competition her players go up against in league play, they are focused earning small goals each game to show themselves that they are improving.
"We work on earning small victories so the guys can see that they are getting better every game," she said. "We play in a tough, tough league so what we look for is improvement in every game. We played within five of Fowler through three quarters (last week), and tonight we let them get ahead in the first quarter, but after scoring only 17 points the last time we played Laingsburg we put up almost 40. Last time we played them, they out rebounded us by 27. Tonight they out rebounded us by 11.
"It's those small victories that we can use to show the guys that they are getting better and learning what it takes to play tough basketball."
Saranac junior John Kinsman led his team with eight points and seven rebounds, while freshman Branden Smith finished with seven.
Laingsburg was paced by senior Jacob Zielinski's 14-point effort. He was able to score a game-high despite setting out most of the first half due to foul trouble.
Seniors Shaun McKinney and Sam Edwards each scored 10 for the Wolf Pack as well.
Saranac (1-9, 1-7 in CMAC) will travel to Fulton on Friday.


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Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Leaders Flown to Valve
The two boycotters (shown left, flanking Valve president Gabe Newell) announced their playtest on the group's Steam page, reporting that Left 4 Dead 2 "seemed balanced and 'tight' and did not feel like a rushed job."
"What we can say with confidence is that the quality of gameplay in Left 4 Dead 2 is not in question; and it will only get better," they said following the visit, while adding that they will not give up the boycott until their "individual concerns are addressed."
The group's official charter demands that Valve release ongoing DLC for the original Left 4 Dead, convert Left 4 Dead 2 to a free update or an expansion, and give discounts for the sequel to Left 4 Dead owners.
Despite the duo's assurance that the boycott is not over, some members took the largely complimentary report to mean that the group had been "corrupted" by Valve.
"The boycott points still stand and you guys seem to be brainwashed by Valve," said Steam user $paqhett!e!s. "Boycotters need another group."
Other users were impressed with Valve's gesture, or simply impressed with Valve's trophy.
"That is an awesome trophey [sic]," said user -=RAWR=- DaNNaZ. "Who was that guy in the middle?"
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Morning Minutes: March 24
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Word of the Day
Nihilism NAHY-uh-liz-uhm (noun) Total rejection of established laws and institutions - dictionary.com
Website of the Day
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Queen Elizabeth I died on this day in 1603. Read about her many marriage proposals and the scandalous lives of other royals on this site.
Number to Know
11 million: Gallons of oil spilled into the ocean after the Exxon Valdez tanker crash.
This Day in History
March 24, 1989: The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska, causing the one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history.
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Tonight was blogger night at Nationals Park, in which several Washington Nationals bloggers were invited to meet with Nats players and executives, visit the field for batting practice, then report on tonight's game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays from the Nationals Park press box.
Racing president Teddy Roosevelt joined Stan Kasten for a lively Q&A before heading down to warm up for the evening's presidents race. Kasten has historically expressed confidence in Teddy, but admitted tonight that the "sprinting may simply not be his event."
Tonight's presidents race featured a new twist: Blue Jays fans Tim Williams and Joe Ferrell, who wear Major
League Baseball Umpire uniforms and mock the home plate umpire throughout Toronto home games, sat in the first row behind the Nationals Park home plate throughout tonight's game except for the 4th-inning race, when they took over for usual judge Screech at the presidents race finish line.
Coming out of the gate, Abe Lincoln got off to an uncharacteristically slow start, running just behind Teddy as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson sprinted ahead. The two presidents appeared headed for a photo finish, but George collapsed just before the finish line. George then appeared to accuse Jefferson of foul play, and was summarily ejected by the "umpires" for arguing.
As for blogger night, it was a great treat to cover tonight's game and file this report from the press box, and to meet other members of the "Natosphere" (I sat next to Brian Markham from Nationals Review throughout the game). The Nationals blogger community is robust and growing. Kudos to Kasten and the Nats for embracing the team's most outspoken fans.


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Nothing symbolizes the Utopianism of our times like both liberals and some conservatives calling for us to cut off aid to the Egyptian military because of the widespread killings in what is becoming a civil war in Egypt. Such utter lack of realism from the left is not new, but hearing some conservatives saying the same things takes some getting used to.
President Obama's call for the Egyptians to end the violence and form an "inclusive" government, with all factions represented, may sound good to many Americans. But there is not a snowball's chance in hell that it will happen.
Egypt existed for thousands of years before there was a United States of America. In all those millennia, Egypt has never had a free or democratic society. Nor is Egypt unique in that.
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Of all the different nations that have existed at various times and places throughout recorded history, it is doubtful that even 10 percent were free or democratic.
Even free and democratic nations existing today took centuries to achieve freedom and democracy. Barack Obama may have enough ego to imagine that he could accomplish, during his White House years, what took centuries to accomplish elsewhere. But do others, including some conservatives, need to share that delusion?
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Yet Obama is only the latest in a long line of American officials, including presidents, who have thought that a universal human desire for freedom meant that freedom and democracy could be exported, even to countries where they have never existed before.
However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free. Nowhere is such tolerance harder to find than in the Middle East.
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Has no one noticed the ongoing lethal violence between different sects of Muslims in the Middle East, or their intolerance toward Christians and murderous hatred of Jews? Muslims in some other parts of the world have been more tolerant, and there have been five female heads of state in Muslim countries. But not in the Middle East.
Much is made of the fact that the United States gives financial support to the Egyptian military that is shooting down hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of Egyptians in the streets. But we have to make our choices among the options actually available. With the Muslim Brotherhood mounting armed attacks, what can anyone rationally expect, except shooting on both sides?
It would certainly be a lot nicer if everyone laid down their guns, and just sat down together and worked things out peacefully. But has anyone forgotten that, for centuries, Protestants and Catholics slaughtered each other and tried to wipe each other out? Only after the impossibility of achieving that goal became clear did they finally give it up and decide to live and let live.
As regards Egypt, it is not at all clear that any regime that has existed after Mubarak or that is currently on the horizon is better than Mubarak was. But the very idea of leaving well enough alone is foreign to those who are looking for moral melodramas and soaring rhetoric, such as talk about "the Arab spring."
What did we get for our money in Egypt under Mubarak? We got peace in a part of the world where peace cannot be taken for granted – and a part of the world from which oil provides the economic lifeblood of Western civilization.
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But we could not leave well enough alone. Now we are paying the price – and perhaps it is only the first installment of the price.
The idea that when a government we find unsatisfactory is overthrown we can expect a better government to follow goes back at least as far as President Woodrow Wilson. His intervention in the First World War – a war "to make the world safe for democracy" – turned out to be a war whose actual end results replaced old monarchies with new, and far worse, totalitarian governments.
Barack Obama's Middle East interventions have replaced stable and neutral despots in Egypt and Libya with anti-Western despots and chaos. Such is the price of pursuing ideological mirages.
After contributing to the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power and the disastrous aftermath of that, the Obama administration is now publicly lecturing Egyptian leaders and trying to micro-manage them from thousands of miles away. And some conservatives are joining the Quixotic chorus, playing with fire.
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Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
May 12, 2010 to March 21, 2011 – The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries, Third Floor, The Museum of Modern Art For much of photography's 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of… Organized by The Museum of Modern Art | Type: exhibition
June 18, 2010 to January 9, 2011 – Museum Ludwig Following the presentation of outstanding works from the history of 20th century photography, Museum Ludwig is now highlighting a new section of its extensive photographic holdings. Beginning 11 June… Organized by Museum Ludwig | Type: exhibition
July 16, 2010 to January 3, 2011 – Merseyside Maritime Museum A landmark exhibition about an incredible real life tale of survival, the epic story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition. The exhibition features about 150 compelling photographs of… Organized by Merseyside Maritime Museum | Type: exhibition
July 28, 2010 to March 1, 2011 – Salford Museum & Art Gallery To celebrate 10 years of the LifeTimes project, this exhibition shows some of the hidden gems from the museum, LifeTimes and local history library photographic collections. On display are images of… Organized by Salford Museum & Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
August 2, 2010 to January 2, 2011 – Singapore Philatelic Museum An exhibition featuring a rare collection of GR Lambert 19th century photographs, and historical picture postcards in the late 19th to mid 20th century of early Singapore. Gustave Richard Lambert ar… Organized by Singapore Philatelic Museum | Type: exhibition
August 6, 2010 at 6pm to March 25, 2011 at 7pm – http://www.shapero.com/India/flash.html#/1/ Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, London and Tasveer, Bangalore are pleased to present this touring exhibition, One Hundred Vintage Views of India. The collection does not by any means attempt to portray… Organized by Roland Belgrave | Type: exhibition
August 28, 2010 to December 31, 2010 – Henisch Photo-History Collection Exhibit Room, 201A Pattee Library Photographs, postcards, books, periodicals, advertisements and other original documents highlight the advent of the New Woman onto the American scene in the 1890s. Young, active, fashionable, adventu… Organized by | Type: exhibition
September 4, 2010 to January 9, 2011 – Swiss Camera Museum If you happen to be trekking in Switzerland this autumn, try and pop in to view this exhibition. In 1853 the French photographer Adolphe Martin invented the ferrotype process in which the sensitive… Organized by Swiss Camera Museum | Type: exhibition
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September 8, 2010 to January 16, 2011 – Linbury Galleries, Tate Britain Update: A video review of this travelling exhibition by Corcoran (Washington) chief curator and head of research Philip Brookman can be found here. The pioneering British photographer Eadweard Muybr… Organized by Tate Britain and Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington | Type: exhibition
September 9, 2010 to November 29, 2010 – Merchant's House Museum In partnership with the Burns Archive, publishers of the award-winning photo book "Sleeping Beauty," the Merchant's House Museum will present an in situ exhibition of 19th-century post-mortem photogr… Organized by Merchant's House Museum | Type: exhibition
September 10, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm – Kingston Museum Opening exactly a century after the first Muybridge exhibition at Kingston Museum, this exhibition focuses on some of the rarest surviving objects within the museum's collection: Muybridge's beautifu… Organized by Peta louise Cook | Type: exhibition
September 14, 2010 to January 23, 2011 – The J Paul Getty Museum The term still life was coined during the 1600s, when painted examples were popular throughout Europe, and artists created increasingly complex compositions, bringing together a broad variety of obje… Organized by The J Paul Getty Museum | Type: exhibition
September 18, 2010 to February 12, 2011 – Kingston Museum No shortage of Muybridge exhibitions! Pioneering moving image photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), left a valuable cultural legacy to his home town of Kingston upon Thames. This outstanding… Organized by Kingston Museum | Type: exhibition
September 18, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm – Kingston Museum and Kingston University's Stanley Picker Gallery Eadweard Muybridge was one of the world's most innovative and influential photographic pioneers. Undertaking extensive studies of humans and animals in motion, his influential body of work played a c… Organized by Peta louise Cook | Type: exhibition
September 22, 2010 to January 10, 2011 – Seaport Museum New York Alfred Stieglitz is considered a central figure in the history of photography. This exhibit at New York's Seaport Museum brings together 39 Stieglitz photographs for the first time since he displayed… Organized by Seaport Museum New York | Type: exhibition
September 22, 2010 to January 23, 2011 – Nationalmuseum To mark the bicentennial of Karl XIV Johan's selection as heir to the Swedish throne, Nationalmuseum presents an exhibition of black-and-white portraits of the House of Bernadotte. The evolution of… Organized by Nationalmuseum | Type: exhibition
October 1, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Gallery One Evans (British, 1853-1943) began pursuing photography in the mid 1880s, focusing on architecture, specifically medieval cathedrals in England and France. His images of York Minster and Ely Cathedral… Organized by J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles | Type: exhibition
October 2, 2010 to January 2, 2011 – Print Gallery & Stokes Gallery, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Photography at NYPL traces its origins back to the opening of the Astor Library in 1849, a decade after Louis Daguerre announced the first commercially viable photographic process to the world. Photo… Organized by New York Public Library | Type: exhibition
October 4, 2010 to December 10, 2010 – L. Parker Stephenson Photographs The history of photography includes many photojournalists. However, those among them whose work exceeds the pure documentation of a moment in history to present an aesthetic vision are limited in num… Organized by L. Parker Stephenson Photographs | Type: exhibition
October 7, 2010 to December 2, 2010 – East London photomonth is a celebration of photography. In 2010 there are over 200 exhibitions and events in East London and beyond. Now into its tenth year, the annual festival of all things lens-based takes o… Organized by photomonth/alternative arts | Type: exhibition/events
October 9, 2010 to January 9, 2011 – The Phillips Collection Like impressionism, which challenged the traditions of painting, pictorialism expanded the possibilities of photography beyond the literal description of a subject. Pictorialist photographers produce… Organized by The Phillips Collection | Type: exhibition
October 12, 2010 to December 14, 2010 – V&A South Kensington Tuesdays, 12 October–14 December. No half term. 18.30–20.30 Investigate the key innovators and ideas which have shaped the development of photography as a medium for creative expression since 1839.… Organized by V&A Museum | Type: short, course
October 13, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – V&A South Kensington Shadow Catchers will present the work of five international artists who, for the last twenty years or more, have been challenging the assumption that a camera is necessary to make a photograph. By c… Organized by Victoria & Albert Museum | Type: exhibition
October 13, 2010 to March 27, 2011 – Room 38a, V&A South Kensington The first photographs ever made were created without the use of camera. This display will explore the camera-less image from its discovery in the 1850s to the present day. Drawing together unique exa… Organized by V&A South Kensington | Type: exhibition
October 16, 2010 to January 16, 2011 – Reading Public Museum The Reading Public Museum (in the US, and not in Berkshire!) has long held in its collection the remarkable complete photographic portfolio of Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion. Comprised of 781… Organized by Reading Public Museum | Type: exhibition
October 20, 2010 to December 31, 2010 – Nederlands Fotomuseum (Las Palmas Building) In The Netherlands there isn't a permanent place where photo history is shown. The Fotomuseum fills this void with a new exhibition where aspects of the Dutch photography history is shown by the coll… Organized by Nederlands Fotomuseum | Type: exhibition
October 22, 2010 to November 30, 2010 – Pear Tree Library A display of early historic photographs and photographic equipment from the Museums' collection. Please contact the Library direct for opening times/dates, other information etc. Organized by Pear Tree Library | Type: exhibition
October 22, 2010 to January 10, 2011 – Rubin Museum of Art A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan is the first exhibition of photographs by John Claude White, presented in original prints and large-scale reproductions fr… Organized by Rubin Museum of Art | Type: exhibition
October 23, 2010 to January 2, 2011 – Frick Art & Historical Center During her lifetime, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was recognized as one of the leading photographers of the Victorian era. From the time she received her first camera as a gift when she was 48… Organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions | Type: exhibition
October 26, 2010 to January 9, 2011 – Museum Ludwig "Bohemia is the first stage in artistic life; it is the preface to the Academy, the hospital, or the Morgue." They begin in the 1840s with exposures from the dawn of photography: Louis Alphonse de B… Organized by Museum Ludwig | Type: exhibition
October 27, 2010 to February 6, 2011 – Centre national de l'audiovisuel Since its invention in 1839, photography is the focus of controversy and sensational trials. The image goes into effect in the heart of the ethical or legal strictly that marked the nineteenth and tw… Organized by Centre national de l'audiovisuel | Type: exhibition
October 29, 2010 to November 27, 2010 – Hereford The longest standing festival of photography in England and the only one in a rural location. It presents and promotes documentary-based photography through exhibitions, seminars, workshops and commu… Organized by Hereford Photo Festival | Type: festival
October 31, 2010 to January 30, 2011 – National Gallery of Art As reported in the BPH blog here, details of the exhibition featuring HP Robinson's print has finally been unveiled. In the first survey of British art photography focusing on the 1850s and 1860s, s… Organized by National Gallery of Art in association with the Musée d'Orsay, Paris | Type: exhibition
November 1, 2010 to November 30, 2010 – Paris Since its creation in 1980, the Month of Photography has helped make Paris one of the world capitals of photography. It takes place every two years in November, and relies on the significant involvem… Organized by Mois De La Photo A Paris 2010 | Type: biennial, event
November 1, 2010 to January 28, 2011 – National Gallery of Art East Building, Study Center Presenting twenty-two rare photographs and reproductive prints, this exhibition highlights resources for the study of Victorian art and culture from the department of image collections. By the mid-ni… Organized by National Gallery of Art, Washington | Type: exhibition
November 1, 2010 to March 27, 2011 – National Media Museum - Gallery Two Fay Godwin (1931 - 2005) was one of Britain's greatest landscape photographers. She is best known for her 1985 exhibition and accompanying book, Land - a very personal celebration of the British land… Organized by National Media Museum | Type: exhibition
November 2, 2010 to January 16, 2011 – National Library of France - Richelieu Library Part of the Paris Photo 2010 exhibition. The term calotype applies to photographic negatives on paper and the resulting prints, a process developed by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) in 1840, a… Organized by National Library of France/Paris Photo 2010 | Type: exhibition
November 3, 2010 to January 10, 2011 – Pallant House Gallery (Main Galleries, Rooms 15 and 16) Gods and Monsters pairs iconic portraits of British artists by the legendary (and infamous) Vogue photographer John Deakin (1912-1972) with major paintings by each artist, providing a unique view of… Organized by Pallant House Gallery | Type: exhibition
November 4, 2010 to January 29, 2011 – Tate Liverpool This new exhibition takes the original manuscript as a starting point for exploring the influence of these iconic stories on modern and contemporary art, proving the themes within them remain relevan… Organized by Tate Liverpool | Type: exhibition
November 4, 2010 to January 31, 2011 – Gallery on the Green The Gallery on the Green is especially delighted to host "A Village Lost and Found" as their first 3D exhibition. It is an exhibition that will allow visitors to travel back in time to the 1850s thro… Organized by Gallery on the Green | Type: exhibition
November 4, 2010 to January 30, 2011 – Dahlem Museum On display are prints from the 1860s and 1870s, originally taken in the 'Golden Triangle' of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in Rajasthan by Samuel Bourne, the legendary photographer of the Indian subcontinen… Organized by Dahlem Museum | Type: exhibition
November 8, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Robert McDougall Gallery, Canterbury Museum Herbert George Ponting's extraordinary images record Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910– 13 and Frank Hurley's dramatic icescapes were taken during Ernest Shackleton's polar expedition on Enduranc… Organized by Canterbury Museum/Royal Collection | Type: exhibition
November 17, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Maison de Victor Hugo The 200 photographs selected in this exhibition illustrate how original these collections are and how they complement each other not only chronologically but also aesthetically and thematically, brin… Organized by Maison de Victor Hugo | Type: exhibition
November 18, 2010 to January 10, 2011 – Sale Panoramiche, Castello Sforzesco This exhibition, part of the series dedicated by Castello Sforzesco to the history of photography investigates the relationship between photography and the substantial changes that the city of Milan… Organized by Castello Sforzesco | Type: exhibition
November 19, 2010 to January 9, 2011 – Third Floor Gallery The Opening night preview: Thursday, 18 November 2010, 7pm. Renowned photographer David Hurn has worked on almost every area of the profession. As a photojournalist he documented the Soviet invasion… Organized by Third Floor Gallery | Type: exhibition
November 19, 2010 to February 28, 2011 – Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts Photography enthusiasts are in for a treat as this exhibition showcases a 19th century photographer's reflections on India's heritage. The three-month exhibition peeks into the early 19th century lif… Organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts | Type: exhibition
November 22, 2010 to December 18, 2010 – Bluma Appel Theatre Studies in Motion Trailer 2009 from Electric Company on Vimeo. Canadian Stage is proud to partner with Vancouver's Electric Company Theatre to bring a fascinating production of Studies in Motion: Th… Organized by Vancouver's Electric Company Theatre | Type: play
November 23, 2010 to February 6, 2011 – The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle Marcus Adams (1875-1959) photographed four generations of the Royal Family between 1926 and 1956. The son of the photographer Walton Adams, he established a reputation as a leading child photographe… Organized by The Royal Collection | Type: exhibition
November 24, 2010 to January 7, 2011 – The Hidden Lane Gallery A new exhibition showing Margaret Watkins from 30's Glasgow. Some background information on Watkins can be found on some earlier BPH blogs here and here, and also this newspaper article here. Organized by The Hidden Lane Gallery | Type: exhibition
November 24, 2010 to December 6, 2010 – The Empty Quarter Gallery The Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai has teamed up with the Dutch Leiden University and Hes & De Graaf Publishers in Houten, the Netherlands, to present a unique exhibition revisiting the historica… Organized by The Empty Quarter Gallery | Type: exhibition
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The over 35,000 fans who packed Nationals Park for the opening game of the "Battle of the Beltways" series between the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles were treated to a spectacle of presidential proportions on Friday night.
Teddy Roosevelt's supporters were out in full force, with Teddy signs throughout the stands and chants of "Teddy, Teddy" heard on a number of occasions. The fans were not disappointed when the 4th inning
presidents race kicked off, as Teddy Roosevelt took a commanding lead out of the gate and drew cheers as he rounded the warning track in right field.
Even the Baltimore Oriole mascot jumped onto the field to cheer for Teddy as he approached the finish line. Or so it seemed.
As Teddy Roosevelt neared the finish, The Bird stuck out a claw and tripped him, sending him reeling onto the dirt, as George Washington and the other racing presidents flew by. George took the victory and a bow as Teddy and The Bird scuffled along the baseline.
One inning later, a "press conference" was shown on the outfield high-definition scoreboard, announcing a grudge match between Teddy and The Bird. Teddy challenged The Bird to an "unsanctioned race" to be held during the 4th inning of Saturday night's game between the Orioles and Nationals.
This unsanctioned event was then promoted repeatedly throughout the evening. It makes one wonder what surprises are in store for Saturday night.
Video of race and "press conference" by YouTube member QuakerWildcat:
The Washington Nationals are clearly pulling all the stops to make this a big weekend. In addition to the special presidents race between Teddy and The Bird (which the announcer described "the race of the century") on Saturday night the Nationals are kicking off Nationals Park Saturday Night Movies. On select Saturday nights throughout the season, the Nationals will play a feature film after the game on the high-definition scoreboard. Concessions and parking will remain open during the movie, and fans are encouraged to move to any open seat on the 3rd base side of Nationals Park (presidential seats excepted).
But the big attraction is clearly the race itself. Let's all show up on Saturday night prepared to root for Teddy Roosevelt as he takes on The Bird in this "unsanctioned" event. It's sure to be a really good show.


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Today's News: Our Take - Dancing with the Stars Boss on Recapturing the Magic (and Viewers): "It's Back to Basics"
Last fall, a longtime goal of Dancing with the Stars producers came into fruition: an all-stars season.
Thirteen alums returned, but viewers fled. The onetime ratings juggernaut delivered less-than-glittery numbers - partially due to The Voice's first fall outing siphoning eyeballs. But executive producer Conrad Green also believes it's because fans want to see dancing with new stars, not all-stars.
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"Perhaps that was a miscalculation on our part. Maybe we underestimated how important it was to have a new story rather than a continuation of one," Green tells TVGuide.com. "We thought seeing old favorites come back would be really appealing, and I think it was to core fans of the show. All-Stars did deliver in terms of being able to try some new dances out, new challenges and really pushing the level of competition. I think what it lacked was the shock of the new.
"So it's quite nice this season to go back to fresh faces, people completely unfamiliar with dance and get back to that kind of innocence," Green continues. "It's back to basics almost. There's definitely a vibrancy and energy and excitement that comes with feeling like we're back on our usual course."
The 12 stars along for the Season 16 ride include a double dose of Olympic champions (Aly Raisman and Dorothy Hamill), comedians (Andy Dick and D.L. Hughley), a country star (Wynonna Judd), an American Idol alum-turned-country star (Kellie Pickler), a Real Housewife (Lisa Vanderpump), a Bachelor (Sean Lowe) and the show's youngest contestant ever, 16-year-old Shake It Up star Zendaya Coleman. The show had pursued Dick, Judd and Pickler for years before Dancing casting director Deena Katz "finally wore them down," Green jokes. "It all starts with the cast and I think we've got a great one. It's one of our youngest ever. I think half of them are around the age of 25. That mixed with our older stars from their fields is a great cocktail."
Adding even more fresh blood are three new pros, So You Think You Can Dance's Lindsay Arnold, troupe member Sharna Burgess and Gleb Savchenko, who competed on the Australian version of Dancing last year. It's the most pros the show's added since Season 13 and is as much about building the show's long-term future as it is about welcoming new personalities and choreography. "New blood is so important," Green says. "The people who are your favorites now are only your favorites because they were introduced years ago. As always, that doesn't mean our old pros won't be considered in the future, but we want to be bring people through and we've been looking at Lindsay, Gleb and Sharna for a while. We want them to be your favorites years from now. They all bring something unique to the table."
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In the same vein, the show will incorporate two new styles this season, contemporary, which will be introduced the first week, and jazz - the first additions since Season 9. "You have to keep trying new things to keep it fresh," Green says. "That's one of the consequences of being on for almost eight years. We're going to hit our 300th episode this season ... on Week 10, the semifinals. So if you've watched from the beginning, you've seen a hell of a lot of cha-chas and foxtrots!" Contemporary and jazz were featured last season - but as part of opponent's picks and odd, and perhaps misguided, theme combos. Remember Big Top Jazz? The Caveman Hustle? Knight Rider Bhangra? Many fans - and even Burgess - loathed the kooky pairings, which served as another lesson learned from All-Stars.
"The more outlandish stuff probably won't be back," Green says. "The picking [dances] for each other will be. I don't think there's an issue with that. ... Some of the things we did last season was because it was All-Stars and some of those people had done the whole show, so we had to keep them guessing. I don't think we'll be pushing as far and wide with the challenges now because I don't think we need to. A lot of the joy is seeing if someone can do a paso."
The Dancing staple, theme weeks, will be back as usual, with some new ones. Week 3 will be Prom Night, inspired by the stars' own proms and for which fans will be able to vote to crown the Prom King and Queen. "Maybe the celebrities will do some version of their prom outfits," Green says with a laugh. "There will probably be some campy music. We're looking at some other special performance nights. One will probably be Latin. We'll do The Best Year of Your Life Week. It's small tweaks like that that are vital. Nothing radical."
Dancing's Aly Raisman: People will see a "totally different" side of me
So will something old and something new be the steps for success - or at least reinvigoration? Dancing will air opposite The Voice again, which has cast changes of its own with new coaches Shakira and Usher. Though Dancing's numbers in the coveted adults 18-to-49 demographic have eroded against The Voice, it still has the edge in viewership, and Green just wants that trend to continue.
"I just hope we hold our own. That's all I want. If we grow, obviously that's great, but I'd just like to keep the total audience over The Voice," he says. "I wish them the best. It's a tough environment right now. You can look at almost every show and they're down. Idol is down and it's not up against a show that's similar to itself. Even Celebrity Apprentice came out and did a lot lower. I think that's just the market maturing and viewers sliding away from network TV. I hope this cast is engaging and appealing. It's a nice place to park yourself on a Monday night. My hope is that people will come back and enjoy it."
Dancing with the Stars premieres Monday at 8/7c on ABC.
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Where are you thinking of placing these usb bluetooth transmitters exactly?
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... It sounds like we may have found an expert! No I haven't considered that but it gives me additional information to research. Thanks.
Hari, did anybody ever tested those rfid hardware? I mean, isn't that the best alternativ to mobile orbiter (btw, who is still using those symbian phone?)


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This is a great week! If you like food, if you like wine these events are tailor made for you:
Tuesday, February 22nd
Kosher Food & Wine Experience 2011
Tomorrow's the event of the year!
As always, the star of the show is the food and wine on offer. This year over 300 wines from all over the world will be available from wineries including Herzog, Yatir, Castel, Capcanes, Elvi, Goose Bay and more! In addition, Royal Wine will be launching some new wines at KFWE2011 including the Herzog Special Edition Chalk Hill Warnecke Vineyard 2008, the Oak Knoll Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and a new line of Gamla Reserves. Additionally, the wines of Alexander Winery in Israel will be making their debut in the United States market.
Guests will also be able to taste delicious food from some of the top rated kosher restaurants and caterers in the Tri-State area. "This is an opportunity to try some exceptional wines and great food, we don't hold anything back," said Mr. Landsman, "KFWE is our gift to our customers. We want to give people a chance to try the wines they are hesitant to buy, the special occasion wines they read about or see in the store." Another benefit of this event is its proximity to Passover, giving people the opportunity to trywines that they would like to feature at their Seders.
A notable addition to the event this year will be the attendance of celebrity cookbook authors/food personalities Joan Nathan, Jamie Geller, Suzy Fishbein, Lévana Kirschenbaum and Jeff Nathan who will all be available to discuss food and wine pairing and their newest books.
KFWE 2011 will take place on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 6:30pm at Pier 60 – Chelsea Piers, NYC. For more information on the 2011 Kosher Food & Wine Experience or to order tickets, please visit: http://www.kfwe2011.com .
Don't forget to enter KSCENE10, as your discount code, when you buy your ticket(s).
Wednesday, February 23rd
Israel Wine Lovers featuring: Barkan Winery
9 Interesting Wines, 2 Great Winemakers and 1 Amazing Evening with Barkan Winery
Who's hosting? Avi Ashman, Raphael Sutton
Price: $36.00 per person
Where? Nanoosh Hummus Bar
171 Madison Avenue New York, NY
When? 7:00pm
Barkan, with vineyards all across Israel, is the second largest winery in the country. The winemaking team's quest to produce a variety of quality wines results in Barkan making all of the right moves (including large financial investments) to continue improvements in their vineyards and in the winery. You can always count on Barkan, and it's Boutique winery Segal, to release quite a few interesting wines.
We are honored that Irit Boxer and Yotam Sharon, two of Barkan's winemakers, will be with us and present a selected wine list that demonstrates the great quality of their craftsmanship. This tasting is a MUST and we promise a fun night!! Where else can you taste two styles of Pinotage (never tasted that grape yet? you have to…) and the effect of 100 meter (300 feet) height difference on Cabernet Sauvignon's flavor? Other great wines will be explored as well…
All wines and foods, during the tasting, are Kosher.
Israel Wine Lovers meets at the back of Nanoosh and brings their own food, their own wines, since Nanoosh is not under ANY kosher supervision!!!


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Each October, readers write to ask where they can get a Teddy Roosevelt costume, and I've never had a good answer. Finally, Nationals fan Wade Chi took matters into his own hands.
"It took about 8 nights spread across a few weeks," Chi told me, "[but] this
past halloween, i made a giant racing Teddy head and went around Arlington as Racing Teddy."
Using "chicken wire, Elmers glue, newspapers, and a bunch of paint," Chi pulled off what others only dream of.
He wanted to get a photo in his costume with the real racing Teddy Roosevelt, but Chi wasn't sure he'd be allowed to bring the costume into Nationals Park, and couldn't get an answer from the Nationals.
Finally, on Sunday, Chi decided to just show up and give it a try.
He was turned away by security at first, but was persistent, and a wise Nationals Park supervisor let him in. A full account can be found on his blog.
Given last weekend's brutal heat, Chi didn't keep the costume on for long, but he got what he wanted — a photo with the Bull Moose himself.
Check out Chi's full account of the building process from last October, including this time lapse video.
Photos and video: Wade Chi